As the person who had known the Doma siblings the longest, Erina Nakiri probably felt no hesitation in badmouthing them, so...
"Even so..." Alice Nakiri began questioning her life. "Umaru is perfect, but aren't they biological siblings?"
"So what if they are? Alice, accept reality..."
"..." Erina's words left Alice speechless. After a long while, she finally asked in a low voice, "Then does Miss Doma know?"
"Uh..." The moment she said that, Erina couldn't help but add, "That's the most tragic part. Not only does she know, she's even rather proud of it."
"..."
"So..." Erina continued, "Don't be fooled by how all these young ladies get along fairly well with Senior Doma. It's only fairly well, nothing more. For instance, isn't Senior Kobayashi pretty? Yet her reaction whenever she sees Senior Doma is no different from seeing an evil spirit. And isn't Senior Akanegakubo cute? But in front of Senior Doma..."
"Gulp!" Before Erina could finish, Alice swallowed hard. "Don't say any more..."
"Heh..." Hearing that, Erina sneered. "You're scared already? Honestly, if you could really win Senior Doma over, Alice, Grandpa would probably wake up laughing even in his sleep..."
"Who wants to win him over?" Alice interrupted. "I just thought that you, Erina..."
"Me?" Erina turned her face away. "Don't be ridiculous. Even if I were beaten to death, even if my God's Tongue worsened until I couldn't eat anything, even if I jumped from the top of Totsuki's mountain, there's no way I would..."
"Then why did you come running over here every day before?" Though Erina sounded resolute, Alice still questioned her. "You practically lived here..."
"Shut up..." Erina said. "We were only discussing matters between the Elite Ten. B-back then, I'd only just become one of the Elite Ten... Elite Ten matters..."
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